I need a low end Digicam (&lt; 1M pixcels will be fine) with a built in modem. Can anyone tell me where I can find them? If there isn't such a thing, how can I send an image to a remote site without using a PC?

thanks for your input.
handphones from Japan might not be suitable as they might be of different mobile system, ie PCN instead of GSM.

I am thinking to build a system which will work like this:
A cheap digital camera to capture an image in .JPG format. This file is then transfer to a remote site via a modem. At the remote site, a PC with modem will then be able to save up the image file. I know that Ricoh RDC-i700 web camera can do more than what I want but it is too expensive!

handphones from Japan might not be suitable as they might be of different mobile system, ie PCN instead of GSM.

right. What I meant was that these phones are starting to proliferate to other places. They are just starting to show up in the US for example.

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I am thinking to build a system which will work like this:
A cheap digital camera to capture an image in .JPG format. This file is then transfer to a remote site via a modem. At the remote site, a PC with modem will then be able to save up the image file.

Why do you want a system like this? It seems like it would be very cumbersome (unless you coupled your camera with a cellular phone for the modem connect). Storage is very cheap, so why not just a cheap digicam with a big flash memory card? Do you want to immediately put the pics on the net?

Sometimes, it is hard to picture things with thousand words. It will be nice if workers at the remote site can have a low end digital camera with them, capture pictures of the construction site and sending images to me in the office for updates.

Originally posted by digicam101
I need a low end Digicam (&lt; 1M pixcels will be fine) with a built in modem. Can anyone tell me where I can find them? If there isn't such a thing, how can I send an image to a remote site without using a PC?

Anyhelp is much appreciated.

The only one I ever saw was the Panasonic 2590 that we reviewed, go here: